Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 10:08
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 660 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2375 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.4% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 79 74% 85.4 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 83 Splatting 73.2 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 244 223 187 147 114 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 406 Mixed 376 SusWrite 212 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 50.5 177% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 177GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 142 144 154 146 143 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 74 Mixed 69 SusWrite 146 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 956GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 124 Write 109 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 104 132% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 164% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16